Verse List for ECC 2:14

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OET (OET-RV) The wise person uses their eyes, ⇔ but the fool walks in the darkness, ⇔ and even I know that the same fate comes to both of them.

OET-LV The _wise_person eyes _of_his are_in_head _of_his and_the_fool in_darkness is_walking and_I _knew also I (cmp)_fate one it _will _happen _to DOM of _them _of_all.

ULT The wise, his eyes, are in his head, ⇔  but the fool in the darkness is walking. ⇔ But I know, even I, that one happening will happen to both of them.

UST It is like people say: ⇔  A wise person is able to live well and succeed,
⇔  just like someone who walks about in the daylight can see where they are going. ⇔  A foolish person, however, endangers themselves with their misinformed decisions,
⇔  just like someone who walks about in the dark of night cannot see where they are going. ⇔ Yet even so, I also recognize that the same outcome in life awaits both kinds of people: Wise people and foolish people will both inevitably die.

BSB & MSB The wise man has eyes in his head, ⇔  but the fool walks in darkness.
§  Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

NET The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. ⇔ Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

LSV The wise—his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool is walking in darkness, and I also knew that one event happens with them all;

FBV The wise see where they're going,[fn] but fools walk in darkness. But I also realized that they all come to the same end.

T4T because wise people walk in the daylight and [IDM] can see where they are going, ⇔  but foolish people walk in the darkness and cannot see where they are going.” ⇔ But I also realized that both wise people and foolish people eventually die.

LEB _⌊The wise man can see where he is walking_⌋,[fn] but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.

BBE The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

Moff for the wise man has eyes in his head, while the fool walks in the dark. But I also found that one fate falls to both.

JPS The wise man, his eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness. And I also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

ASV The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

DRA The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.

YLT The wise! — his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;

Drby The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

RV The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

SLT The wise, his eyes in his head; and the foolish one goes in darkness: and I knew, I also, that one event will meet with them all.

Wbstr The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

KJB-1769 The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

KJB-1611 The wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: and I my selfe perceiued also that one euent happeneth to them all.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For a wise man hath his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth in darknesse: I perceaued also that they both had one ende.
(For a wise man hath/has his eyes in his head, but the fool goeth/goes in darkness: I perceived also that they both had one end.)

Gnva For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.
(For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness: yet I know also that the same condition falleth/falls to them all.)

Cvdl For a wyse man beareth his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole goeth in the darknesse. I perceaued also that they both had one ende.
(For a wise man beareth/bears his eyes about in his head, but the fool goeth/goes in the darkness. I perceived also that they both had one end.)

Wycl The iyen of a wijs man ben in his heed, a fool goith in derknessis; and Y lernede, that o perisching was of euer either.
(The eyes of a wise man been in his heed, a fool goeth/goes in darkness; and I learned/learnt, that o perishing was of ever either.)

Luth daß dem Weisen seine Augen im Haupt stehen; aber die Narren in Finsternis gehen, und merkte doch, daß es einem gehet wie dem andern.
(that to_him wise_(men) his eyes in_the head stand; but the fool(n) in darkness go, and noticed though/but, that it on goes as/like to_him change/modify.)

ClVg Sapientis oculi in capite ejus; stultus in tenebris ambulat: et didici quod unus utriusque esset interitus.
(Of_the_wise eyes in/into/on head his/her; stupid/foolish in/into/on darkness he_walks: and I_learnt that one of_both was destruction.)

UHB הֶֽ⁠חָכָם֙ עֵינָ֣י⁠ו בְּ⁠רֹאשׁ֔⁠וֹ וְ⁠הַ⁠כְּסִ֖יל בַּ⁠חֹ֣שֶׁךְ הוֹלֵ֑ךְ וְ⁠יָדַ֣עְתִּי גַם־אָ֔נִי שֶׁ⁠מִּקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת־כֻּלָּֽ⁠ם׃ ‡

BrLXX Τοῦ σοφοῦ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν κεφαλῇ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ ἄφρων ἐν σκότει πορεύεται· καὶ ἔγνων καί γε ἐγὼ, ὅτι συνάντημα ἓν συναντήσεται τοῖς πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς.

BrTr The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen to them all.